Southwestern Ohio Steel Limited Partnership (SOSLP) was considered to be one of the industry leaders in technology and service. SOSLP sells to approximately 500 customers‚ twenty five of which produces about two-thirds of the company’s sales. Dan Wilson‚ vice president of sales at SOSLP‚ had recently received a letter from Matworks requesting SOSLP to provide sponsorship for an upcoming Matworks annual sales meeting. Dan needed to decide if providing sponsorship was feasible keeping in mind that
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implications of whether we decide to sponsor Matworks’s sales event or not‚ are manifold and need to be explored from the point of view of various stakeholders of Southwestern Ohio Steel LP (SOSLP). To analyze the situation before us‚ I will look at the industry and major stakeholders in our decision in turn. Analysis of the Industry The steel service industry has two major characteristics; costs of transportation over long distances are prohibitive and suppliers are essentially homogenous and highly
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Case Analysis – Southwestern Ohio Steel Company‚ L.P.: The Matworks Decision Submitted by Group -19‚ BBMK Section B Anish Sengupta (13407) Pushkar Parashar (13439) Payal R Singh (13533)
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WRITTEN ANALYSIS & CASES Assignment 1:Southwestern Ohio Steel LP Letter of Transmittal From: South western Ohio Steel LP XYZ 16th Jan ‚2009 Manager‚ Sales To: Dan Wilson‚ Vice President ‚ Sales Subject: Decision report on letter from Matworks which requests sponsorship Please find attached the decision report on Matworks. I have prepared a detailed report outlining the implications for each possible
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acknowledging that moving productions overseas is a controversial topic. Excellent use of facts to support his/her claim. 1. Whether or not Ohio Art Company’s decision to shift production offshore was ethically wrong is a controversial topic. In strictly business terms‚ Ohio Art Company (OAC) did not break any laws or perform an illicit act; OAC’s decision to offshore was one that had few other options – if the company did not find ways to lower production costs‚ the company would have eventually
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Case 1 Southwestern University’s Food Service Southwestern University (SWU)‚ located 30 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex‚ has witnessed tremendous growth in its football program (see Southwestern University: A‚ in Chapter 4). With that growth‚ fueled by the hiring of legendary coach Bo Pitterno‚ has come more fame‚ the need for a bigger stadium‚ and more complaints about seating‚ parking‚ long lines‚ and concession stand prices (see Southwestern University: C‚ in Chapter 6).
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Casey Boland Chapter 6 Southwestern University Case 1. Number of Complaints (Responses receiving a C‚ D‚ or E) 175 170 150 118 115 95 55 55 41 35 1009 Seating Speed of Service Printed Program Concession Prices Traffic Season Ticket Plans Parking Entertainment Ticket Pricing Selection of Foods Total Pareto Chart 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 The Pareto Chart was used to analyze TQM. Calculating the number of complaints receiving a bad grade (C‚
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your overall impression of Southwestern Energy and using a six-point scale where 6=a very positive impression and 1=a very negative impression‚ please tell me how you would rate the company. "3 [6-pt scale]. If it’s an absolute scale as an investment opportunity and I don’t think you should own any energy stocks‚ they are an energy stock. Again‚ that’s why I asked if it was a relative scale or not. On a relative scale‚ 3." Q4 - OE_Strengths What do you see as Southwestern Energy’s particular strengths
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Hilary Barrett April 13‚ 2009 Ohio History Dr. Patrick Thieving Their Way into History In 1919 World War I had come to an end. Ten years later the stock market crashed throwing the United States into a Great Depression. The time period in between was a time that was classified by a boom in the economy and prohibition legalized by the eighteenth amendment. This amendment had lead to an increase of organized crime nationwide. In that time span of these two prominent moments in American history
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Q4 - OE_Strengths What do you see as Southwestern Energy’s particular strengths as an investment? "Exposure to natural gas prices. Exposure to the commodity price. Runway and liquidity position would be another one. Specifically‚ cash balance. Large cash balance." Q5 - OE_Weaknesses What do you see as Southwestern Energy’s particular weaknesses as an investment? "The number one weakness is the balance sheet. They have too much debt. The capital structure is too complicated. There’s too many different
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